The big win came after an inconvenience: A canceled flight at Chicago's O'Hare Airport that forced him to find another way home.

“I was on my way home from a business trip and my flight out of O’Hare was canceled, so I rented a car and drove home,” Kuharevicz said in a statement from the Michigan lotto.

“When I got home, I realized I had left my bike at work and went to pick it up. On my way there, I stopped at Ladd’s and bought a ticket," he added. "The next morning, my son sent me a text and told me to check my ticket because someone had won $1 million on a ticket bought at Ladd’s.”

Once Kuharevicz saw he was the winner, he came through on a promise he made to his wife long ago, telling her she no longer has to work.